parity

Parity

Equality in amount or value. Equivalence of prices of farm products to the prices existing at some former date (the base period) or to the general cost of living; equivalence of prices of goods or services in two different markets. The relationship between two currencies such that they are exchangeable for each other at the par or official rate of exchange.

Thus, heterosis of the litter increased the number of piglets and decreased litter weight in the first parity and for the sums of the second to last parities, but it had no significant effect on number of piglets at weaning in the first parity.

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